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Books Can Increase
Your Knowledge
People, who are not yet in love with the habit
of reading, might even run the other way when
reading is mentioned, because they associate
reading with studying, which is fortunately not
the same thing. Although, studying for your
academia is important for being successful at life
and its arenas, reading for your soul and for
feeding your mind and fulfilling your heart is what
drives most nerds to indulge in books, filled with
emotions and thrills and adventure. Forgetting
about your own life and completely letting the
story wash over you like huge waves, until the
realities of your life wash away and all that is left
is a nimble part of you that just desires the revel-
ing excitement of adventure and the imaginative
action that you have been reading. Reading
nourishes the soul and makes you see world in a
different way and not just because of the won-
derful fictional and non-fictional stories.
Books are the greatest source of knowledge
and they contain the secrets of the universe in
them. Whether it’s Steve Jobs, Stephen Hawking
or Randall Munroe, several authors have made
contributions to the field of literature and have
compiled amazingly informative books on sub-
jects that you cannot even begin to understand.
Since your childhood, you must have experi-
enced awe and shock at several things in life.
When you were a child, even the volcano for the
school’s science project baffled you and inspired
you to take more interest in science. Or you
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might just simply want to bandage the paws of
your cat, and played doctor until she grew tired
of your shenanigans and that was the time when
you decided that you wanted to be a doctor. Our
childhood and the awe-inspiring time spent with
books shape us for our whole life ahead, and it is
a proven fact that books can clarify many scien-
tific and general knowledge mysteries.
Many parents rely on books when they get
tired of answering the never-ending stream of
questions from their children. “How earthquakes
are formed’ and “how many types of dinosaurs
are there” are some of the questions that prick
our minds when we are little and as we grow up
our inquisitive mind and curiosity grows with us.
The questions grow more sophisticated and
complicated and books are your only ally in this
situation. A Brief History of Time, by Stephen
Hawking offers profound knowledge of the origin
of the universe and touches several complicated
subjects like how the Big Bang came to be and
how the universe is supposed to end, in addition
to information like what is the difference between
a Nova Sat and a Black Star. However, if you
find it too dry for your taste, books like XKCD:
What If, Little Black Classics and Thinking, Fast
and Slow are some of the books that target the
most inquisitive part of our brains, and in the
process of satisfying our curiosity, make us ready
for more.